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 Duration 28 hours

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Foundations of Functional Safety in Automotive Applications

  • Defining functional safety principles
  • Significance of ISO 26262 in automotive engineering
  • Scope and strategic objectives of the standard
  • Interplay between hardware, software, and system integrity

ISO 26262 Safety Governance Framework

  • Structural components of ISO 26262
  • Safety lifecycle management and operational activities
  • Assignment of roles and duties in safety-critical projects
  • Cultivating a safety-driven organizational culture

Regulatory Compliance and Legal Implications

  • Analyzing statutory compliance mandates
  • Legal and regulatory consequences of functional safety adherence
  • Standards for documentation and evidentiary proof
  • Organizational readiness for ISO 26262 integration

Core Functional Safety Methodologies

  • Foundational terminology in functional safety
  • Establishing safety goals and derived requirements
  • Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASIL) framework
  • Methods for ASIL determination and decomposition

Hazard Analysis and Risk Evaluation

  • Detection of hazards within automotive systems
  • Execution of Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA)
  • Assessment of risk magnitudes and requirement formulation
  • Formulation of safety goals and mitigation tactics

Safety-Integrated System Architecture

  • Conversion of safety goals into technical specifications
  • Design of safety concepts and system architectures
  • System-level safety evaluation criteria
  • Deployment of safety mechanisms and fault management

Technical Safety Specification Development

  • Construction of technical safety concepts
  • Formulation of hardware and software safety needs
  • Establishing traceability from requirements to execution
  • Planning for verification and validation processes

Hardware Engineering for Functional Safety

  • Hardware design parameters for safety
  • Calculation of hardware architectural metrics
  • Application of failure analysis methodologies
  • Integration of safety mechanisms in electronic components

Software Engineering for Functional Safety

  • Processes for safety-focused software development
  • Principles of software architecture and design
  • Programming standards for safety-critical applications
  • Strategies for software verification and testing

Supporting Processes and Safety Operations

  • Configuration management protocols
  • Change management procedures
  • Documentation standards and traceability maintenance
  • Qualification of tools and assurance of software tool confidence

Verification, Validation, and Safety Assessment

  • Activities for concept validation
  • Testing methodologies for safety-critical systems
  • Techniques for review, analysis, and validation
  • Compilation of safety evidence packages

Certification Standards and Industry Adoption

  • Frameworks for ISO 26262 certification
  • Common obstacles in implementation
  • Best practices for automotive organizations for government and commercial sectors
  • Application of ISO 26262 in operational projects

Practical Application and Course Evaluation

  • Application of ISO 26262 methods to automotive use cases
  • Execution of safety analysis exercises
  • Assessment of functional safety documentation
  • Recap of key principles and subsequent action items

Requirements

  • Professional experience in automotive development.

Intended Audience

  • Engineers
  • Developers
  • Manufacturing specialists
  • Management personnel
  • Technical leads
  • Quality assurance engineers
  • Technicians

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